Chapter 11: Winning People's Hearts, Each Showing Their Divine Powers

  I was amused by Sun Zhe, "Brother Sun, you're so humorous! But what you said is right, it's the end of the world and we're still looking for a leader to follow, that's really the rhythm of being a slave. My sister and I were originally doing our own small business, and we hate being restricted, so we very much agree with your point of view. We can't just find a leader to follow without any reason, Brother Sun, don't worry, my sister and I support you."

  Sun Zhe went to do ideological work on others with a happy and excited expression, while Luo Xiaonian and I exchanged a sly smile for a while. With this reassurance, Sun Zhe will definitely resolutely resist Wei Quan's rise to power.

  Before we left the Niu Ba store, Wei Quan came alone, this time he didn't bring any security guards.

  "Hehe, you two beautiful ladies must be exhausted?" Wei Quan's tone was like that of a kind and caring superior leader.

  "Not tired! Please sit down, leader." Luo Xiaonian this cunning little fox, specializes in calling out what others want to hear, Wei Quan's smile is all over his face, as happy as if he had eaten honey.

  "You girls must have been frightened too, right?" Wei Quan sat in the seat where Sun Zhe had just been sitting, and I thought to myself that the chair should still be warm.

  "Alas, we two are not as capable as you, and don't have your charisma. I'm really anxious to death." My melancholic sigh, secretly scolding myself for being fake. Yesterday, I even beheaded several zombies with my own hands, but now I'm acting weak, how shameless. But I know that's what Wei Quan thinks of us anyway, besides, he didn't see me stabbing the zombies in the brain.

  Wei Quan suddenly reached out and patted the back of my hand on the table, fortunately he just patted it and then withdrew his hand, even so I was startled to goosebumps.

  "Xiao Luo, don't be afraid! With Wei Gege here, I will definitely keep you safe and sound! Don't forget, Wei Gege has a solid armed team, those few young men are not to be trifled with, and they are very loyal to me." Wei Quan began.

  "It can be seen that they all look up to you!" Luo Xiaonian said in agreement.

  Wei Quanzhong nodded heavily, "It was all my doing, not me, they were just rural rascals! Working as a security guard here pays well and isn't tiring, I don't know how many people want to get in but can't."

  "What a great security guard!" I exclaimed, trying to make my expression as sincere as possible, although I was getting somewhat annoyed at his self-boasting, unfortunately Wei Quan didn't notice.

  "I care about my subordinates, but I'm also strict with them in daily life. When it comes to training, I don't show any mercy, so although their work is easy, they're all physically fit!" Wei said proudly, "With this armed team, Brother Wei guarantees that you won't be harmed by those zombies outside!"

  "After that, we can rely on Brother Wei completely. My sister and I would like to express our gratitude first!" Luo Xiaonian continued to pretend to worship.

  "Now there's a serious problem," Wei said seriously. "Although we only have about ten people, if we want to survive in an orderly manner, we must establish order. First of all, everyone wants to get the protection of our armed forces, they must support our work! Not doing their own thing, being self-centered and becoming a loose sand! We must unite and take unified action, yes, obeying orders is the only way."

  "Whose orders am I following?" I stared blankly with wide eyes, like a clueless rabbit.

  Wei Quan sneered with a strange smile, "Xiao Luo, what do you think? In times of peace, the economic base determines the superstructure, but in times of war, power is king."

  "Ah! It's obeying Big Brother Wei's orders!" I suddenly realized, "Big Brother Wei is the synonym for power! Big Brother Wei controls the only armed team! Big Brother Wei can bring us peace!"

  Wei Quan nodded in satisfaction, "Little Luo, I think you two are quite petty bourgeoisie, still messing with that coffee machine, dressing fashionably, and looking pretty. I think from now on, the clothes and stuff in this mall will also need someone to help me manage and distribute. Would you two be willing to lend a hand to your big brother?" As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Luo Xiaonian's hand, which was resting on the table. My hand had already been snatched away by him and hidden under the table, and Luo Xiaonian habitually rested her hands on the table, accidentally getting groped by him.

  What kind of girl is Luo Xiaonian? She's not some naive little white rabbit who just graduated from school, she's dealt with many lecherous old men in the business world. When Wei Quan touched her hand, she didn't flinch or pull away, but instead paused for a few seconds before slapping his hand hard and then pinching it, only then did she calmly withdraw her hand, casting a sideways glance and smiling as she said, "I heard this is also a lucrative job? I really do love wearing nice clothes! The problem is that I might not be able to resist hiding the good clothes for myself and my sister, which would be unfair to the other sisters. I'm afraid of offending people, so why don't you let Liu Jie take care of this task instead? She's the oldest and seems like a reasonable person, she'll definitely be able to help you manage your wardrobe well. Of course, if there are any clothes that I really want but can't get, then I'll have to trouble you to put in a good word for me."

  Wei Quan was pinched by Luo Xiaonian until his bones were numb, although he was tactfully rejected by Luo Xiaonian for that unscrupulous fat difference, he didn't think it was inappropriate, but instead praised Luo Xiaonian for thinking thoroughly, and said to hand over the management of clothing to Liu Jincheng, and also told Liu Jincheng that she was recommended by the Luo sisters, meaning to return this favor to us.

  "When it's time for voting, you two girls must stand on Wei Ge's side." Wei Quan finally spoke out the purpose of his trip.

  We smiled and nodded, saying yes, yes.

  After Wei was fully satisfied and left, we both entered the kitchen of the Niuba store with gloomy faces and washed our hands.

  "Old lecher! This is recruiting soldiers and also recruiting little honeys!" I couldn't help but scold. Wei Quanming pretended to give us the right to distribute clothes, which was no different from those leaders who, after taking power, used their mistresses' names to start a lucrative company that made profits without any risk, with the leader being the biggest beneficiary.

  "I'm just curious who he will give the right to distribute food to, guess, sis?" Luo Xiaonian asked me with a tilted head, wiping her hands dry with a napkin.

  "If I were him, I wouldn't give up the right to food, that's the most crucial thing for survival. Not changing clothes for a year might stink, but try not eating for a day?!" I sneered, what kind of management is this? Bullshit!

  Thinking that Sun Zhe and Wei Quan were actively winning people over, my sister and I calmly hid in the Niuba store for a quiet morning, anyway they needed to have a heart-to-heart talk one by one.

  At lunchtime, everyone gathered together to discuss where to eat. I and Luo Xiaonian secretly observed the expressions of everyone, finding that everyone was calm and composed, except for Xing Ze and Fu Ran, two little girls who looked a bit uneasy.

  Are Sun Zhe and Wei Quanlian also competing for this high school girl? Not letting go of a single vote.

  Wei Quan advocated for continuing to eat the food placed outside, but Sun Zhe raised an objection, "We can't keep eating leftover rice! In the cold winter, it's not good to always have a belly full of cold leftovers."

  "But when will this disaster end? Every kind of food is precious!" Wei Quan argued strongly.

  Actually, both of them make sense. In the long run, Wei Quan is right, but we're just a dozen people clinging to a large market, eating expired food with a stiff upper lip, and it feels like we're suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder.

  They had just pulled at each other's heartstrings and both thought they were the absolute leaders, who must establish prestige and would not give in to each other.

  "Why don't we just heat up the food that's gone cold? The two of you are being too stubborn. Saving food is right, and not eating spoiled food is also right." Tang Xiao interrupted their argument, "Please bring those cooled-down dishes to Blue Ocean, I'll reheat them with an iron plate for everyone, guaranteed to be just as delicious."

  Everyone carried food back to Blue Sea, sat around the iron plate, Tang Xiao Zheng lit a fire on the iron plate and brought butter.

  We happened to sit in a big circle, and sat at the two tables we were sitting at on the day of the incident. Today, there is only Tang Xiao, a small chef, who has to take care of both front and back tables.

  Some food has gone bad and had to be thrown away, while the wilted vegetables we still managed to eat. Vegetables are probably going to be the food we lack most in the future!

  Tang Xiao Zheng skillfully flipped the food on the high-temperature iron plate, Sun Zhe quietly took out fresh foie gras from the refrigerator, Tang Xiao Zheng handed the cooked foie gras to Wu Qiong, indicating that she should feed it to Little Huanhuan, and the rest would be shared among us. Wei Quan was eating when he suddenly discovered that he had eaten foie gras and immediately got angry.

  "Who told you to fry foie gras? There's still leftover food outside that can't be finished!" Wei Quan yelled at Tang Xiao, who was busy serving ten or so people alone, his head down and eyes closed. Hearing Wei Quan yell at him, he felt very wronged. "I'm just in charge of cooking, whatever is sent over to the counter I'll make."

  "I took it out, the goose liver has been frozen in the fridge for a long time and has lost its nutrients. Hurry up and eat it, so it won't go to waste." Sun Zhe replied loudly.

  Wei Quan slammed down the plate, "How can you be so presumptuous? Didn't I say not to touch anything in the fridge? What's going on?"

  Sun Zhe didn't give in, "We call you Director Wei out of respect, but we're not employees of your security department, we're customers of your mall! We can order whatever we want, isn't that what was said? The government is here to provide relief, and we'll pay the bill honestly! Little Wang, put these foie gras on my tab! Today's on me! Oh right, Director Wei broke a plate, that needs to be added too, he'll have to compensate for it later."

  For a moment, the atmosphere in the blue sea was tense, Tang Xiao buried his head and cooked all the raw food, except for what he divided into our faces, he also filled a plate and sat down to eat, very calm.

  Wei Quan calmed down and stood up, saying, "It's not going to work if we keep having conflicts like this. How about this? Today, let's have a fair election and choose a team leader from among us. Since it's everyone's choice, his decision will be everyone's decision. Whoever opposes him will be opposing everyone. To avoid putting anyone in an awkward position, let's do a secret ballot! Xiao Wang, give each person a piece of paper and a pen. Everyone writes down the name of the person they choose, and the one with the most votes wins!"